Original Civil War Era French Model 1842 Percussion Back Action Rifle Price_$-00 - $30 becoming Martini-Metford or Martini-Enfield rifles

becoming Martini-Metford or Martini-Enfield rifles

A single Prussian state kokarde (cockade) appears on the right side

but nothing beyond the scope of normal use

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The most interesting features of this flag are the 30+ signatures of USGIs who were all members of the same infantry rifle squad they read as follows (names in bold are unique and identically matched in the WW2 archive registry

Original Civil War Era French Model 1842 Percussion Back Action Rifle Price_$-00 - $30 becoming Martini-Metford or Martini-Enfield riflesOriginal Item: One Only. This is the typical Continental Rifled Musket that was imported Confederacy just before and during the U. S. Civil War. These were also bought and used by the Union Army in small quantities as described in the book Civil War Guns by William Edwards on page 262. This example is in approximately . 69 Caliber and is rifled with a ladder type long range back sight. These were usually produced as muskets, but the export trade